server v2.4 x86_64 has bad ELF interpreter

[LaughingBoy]

OS: Fedora 7 x64
Fresh download of nexuiz-24.zip
Unzipped into /usr/local/games -> creating /usr/local/games/Nexuiz

soft-linked Docs/server/server_pro_linux.sh into /usr/local/games/Nexuiz
ditto with server.cfg
ran ./server_pro_linux.sh

Got the following as output:

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$ ./server_pro_linux.sh
./server_pro_linux.sh: /usr/local/games/Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux-x86_64-dedicated: /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory
./server_pro_linux.sh: line 11: /usr/local/games/Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux-x86_64-dedicated: Success


This is because ld-linux-x86_64.so.2 is in /lib64 - not /lib.

How does one go about rectifying this

I suppose I could softlink the library, but that may cause more problems elsewhere, or repeat for other libraries that the executable can't find.

[esteel]

iirc Nexuiz 2.4 was build on a 'modern' linux so i think your FC7 might not have that required lib. Either compile the engine your self or try the 'hotfix' which has a few fixes and is also compiled on an older machine. You should find it here: http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=2824
That hotfix will receive a few more fixes and become 2.4.1 ..

[LaughingBoy]

Yes, I do have the required library. It's in /lib64 - not /lib as requested. It's a 64-bit library found under /lib64 - the places for 64 bit libraries. The executable is looking in /lib - the place for 32-bit libraries.

[LaughingBoy]

I've compiled the application from source, and the server appears to run OK. Some tweaking required it would seem. Will see how we go. Might work until a fix can be found. Or, until it's released in a repo update sometime soon...

[Blµb]

Yes, I do have the required library. It's in /lib64 - not /lib as requested. It's a 64-bit library found under /lib64 - the places for 64 bit libraries. The executable is looking in /lib - the place for 32-bit libraries.

why would 32 bit libs be in /lib instead of /lib32? :O
odd system you have there

[LaughingBoy]

Yes, I do have the required library. It's in /lib64 - not /lib as requested. It's a 64-bit library found under /lib64 - the places for 64 bit libraries. The executable is looking in /lib - the place for 32-bit libraries.

why would 32 bit libs be in /lib instead of /lib32? :O
odd system you have there

The same reason that Windows runs C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files x86 - so they can be told apart.

If your system can run both 64 bit and 32 bit applications, then you need a place for those libraries that aren't on top of each other. As 64 bit was newer to the scene, and they didn't want to break 32 bit stuff, I'm assuming they put the 64bit libraries in their own (new) directory ...

Aw heck I don't know - I'm not a Fedora developer. That's just the way they seem to work.

I'll download Fedora 9a and see if they still do that.

[esteel]

Oh, maybe this was changed by Fedora between releases.. so it seems the build system Nex 2.4 was build on has it one way and your system has it the other way round..
At least building them yourself helps

[LaughingBoy]

Oh, maybe this was changed by Fedora between releases.. so it seems the build system Nex 2.4 was build on has it one way and your system has it the other way round..
At least building them yourself helps

Yeah, I just verified with Fedora 9a x64 - they also use /lib64 for the 64 bit libraries. I thought the comments about the Fedora 7 system being "too old" were unjustified, but I wasn't sure. Now I know.

I guess that's why it takes a while for it to be released to the repos.

Any idea what system / distro the release was built on

[esteel]

I think the 2.4 release was build on a current debian stable
And that hotfix on an CentOS stable?

[LaughingBoy]

I think the 2.4 release was build on a current debian stable
And that hotfix on an CentOS stable?

I think I'll wait until v2.4.1 is out, and released via the Fedora repos.